Added 1 new A* page:As I found myself creating and erasing multiple drawings trying to get the layout for today's page right, I figured I might as well photograph them since they weren't all bad, just not exactly right for what I wanted. Starting with the second and going up to just about the final pencils:
That third one was the result of trying to do more of a head-on view of the shot, and some experimental clumsy play-acting in my bathroom mirror--and I kind of like the drawing that came out after that, but the stroke of the racquet wasn't quite dynamic enough. So I ended up going back to pretty much the layout of the second one, but I guess I had finally tricked myself into drawing a little less cartoonishly. Also I'm glad I took that last photo because, looking back at it and liking the dividing lines of shadow, it made me try to put slightly darker strokes along those edges--since the darkest part of a shadow, particularly on a rounded surface, can occur just along its edge--which seems to work pretty smoothly in watercolor. I'll hafta remember that trick.
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